Bren O'Rourke

Dr. Bren O'Rourke is an online health and life coach who helps people work through trauma, anxiety and painful relationships. She is a retired licensed psychologist with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. She ran a private practice in Houston for 27 years and worked five years with active duty soldiers who had combat PTSD. She also trained Army recruiters in resilience and wrote the book The Hope of a Homecoming.

What Bren helps with

Dr. O'Rourke works with people dealing with trauma, anxiety, loss and stuck patterns. She also helps couples and people with hard relationships.

• Overcoming trauma and anxiety
• Working through traumatic loss
• Breaking defeating patterns
• Redefining who you are
• Improving difficult relationships
• Helping couples reach a breakthrough
• Grief and health threats
• Finding clarity and peace

Who Bren works with

Her clients include people overcoming trauma and anxiety, people who have faced traumatic loss, and people stuck in defeating patterns. She also works with couples who want a breakthrough, people in difficult relationships, and Christian women who want clarity and peace.

Background and qualifications

Dr. O'Rourke holds a Master's and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. She is a retired licensed psychologist in Texas and ran a private practice in Houston for 27 years. She has trained in EMDR and Imago Relationship Therapy, and has presented on Imago. She worked five years with active duty soldiers with combat PTSD and two years as a resilience trainer for Army recruiters. She taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston and Houston Baptist University. She has written articles on nonverbal communication, lasting relationships, trauma resolution and stress management.

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